GM in Miniature
Featuring Rare 1:43 Scale Models Of Classic North American General Motors Light Cars & Trucks to 1954
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Transportation, Automotive, History, Domestic
| Author: | Randall Olson | ISBN: | 9781845846831 |
| Publisher: | Veloce Publishing Ltd | Publication: | August 5, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Veloce | Language: | English |
| Author: | Randall Olson |
| ISBN: | 9781845846831 |
| Publisher: | Veloce Publishing Ltd |
| Publication: | August 5, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Veloce |
| Language: | English |
Discover a little known world of rare hand-built General Motors scale replicas in the only book ever devoted to the subject. A visual feast with more than 500 colour photographs of 1:43 scale models some one of a kind of classic General Motors cars and light trucks from the early days of the '20s to the transitional year of 1954. Take a memorable trip through a candy store of rich, wood-bodied station wagons, custom Cadillacs for the carriage trade, GMC pick-ups and panel vans, Harley Earl-era Sixty Specials, Eldorado, Oldsmobile Fiesta, Buick Skylark, Pontiac Chieftain, Chevrolet Bel Air, Motorama dream cars, and of course, Corvette. Enjoy separate chapters for Cadillac, Chevrolet, Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, and GM light trucks, each with photographs of virtually every handbuilt and die-cast model from the period, plus historical and technical information, comprehensive lists of models, manufacturers and builders, pricing and sources. Includes models from Motor City USA, Brooklyn, Conquest, Mini Marque, Western, Durham, Elegance, Enchantment Land Coachbuilders, MAE, Provence Moulage, Record, AMR, and Great American Dream Machines.
Discover a little known world of rare hand-built General Motors scale replicas in the only book ever devoted to the subject. A visual feast with more than 500 colour photographs of 1:43 scale models some one of a kind of classic General Motors cars and light trucks from the early days of the '20s to the transitional year of 1954. Take a memorable trip through a candy store of rich, wood-bodied station wagons, custom Cadillacs for the carriage trade, GMC pick-ups and panel vans, Harley Earl-era Sixty Specials, Eldorado, Oldsmobile Fiesta, Buick Skylark, Pontiac Chieftain, Chevrolet Bel Air, Motorama dream cars, and of course, Corvette. Enjoy separate chapters for Cadillac, Chevrolet, Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, and GM light trucks, each with photographs of virtually every handbuilt and die-cast model from the period, plus historical and technical information, comprehensive lists of models, manufacturers and builders, pricing and sources. Includes models from Motor City USA, Brooklyn, Conquest, Mini Marque, Western, Durham, Elegance, Enchantment Land Coachbuilders, MAE, Provence Moulage, Record, AMR, and Great American Dream Machines.
